ML072330416

Susquehanna - Petition in Opposition to PPL Susquehanna, LLC Application for Surface Water Withdrawal Request to Modify Application 19950301-EPU-0572 and Formal Request for a Public Input Hearing

ML072330416
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	08/15/2007
From:	Swartz P Susquehanna River Basin Commission
To:	Epstein E - No Known Affiliation, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
SECY RAS
References
50-387-OLA, 50-388-OLA, RAS 14006
Download: ML072330416 (3)

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p4s 146)0(P Susquehanna River Basin Commission a water management agency serving the SusquehannaRiver Watershed DOCKETED August 15, 2007 USNRC August 21, 2007 (10:21 am)

Mr. Eric Joseph Epstein OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND 4100 Hillsdale Road ADJUDICATIONS STAFF Harrisburg, PA 17112 DOCKET NO. 50-387/388-OLA Re: Petition in Opposition to PPL Susquehanna, LLC Application for Surface Water Withdrawal Request to Modify Application 1995030 1-EPU-0572 and Formal Request for a Public Input Hearing Under Subpart A - Conduct of Hearings §808.1 RESPONSE AND NOTICE

Dear Mr. Epstein:

Thank you for your recent submission concerning PPL Susquehanna, LLC's (PPL's) application to modify its surface water withdrawal and consumptive use approvals from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (Commission). Your submission contains two essential parts: (1) a "Petition in Opposition" setting forth six "contentions" or issues of concern related to the application referenced above; and (2) a formal request to convene a public hearing on the matter.

With respect to the petition, please note that we are treating it as public comment being submitted for consideration in our review of the subject application. As such, it is now part of the record and we will distribute it to our commissioners for their review'and consideration in advance of any action on the application. We appreciate your interest in the application and will give your comments due consideration. If you would like to meet with Commission staff to discuss your comments in greater detail, please contact us to make suitable arrangements.

With respect to your request for a public hearing, we anticipate that the application will be reviewed and acted upon by the Commission at a public hearing to be convened as part of the Commission's regularly scheduled business meeting at the Grand Royale Hotel, 80 State Street, Binghamton, New York, on September 12, 2007, beginning at 8:30 a.m. In addition to responding to your submission, this letter also serves as notice to you of that public hearing.

You may appear at the public hearing to present testimony on PPL's application. Your written comments, as well as those you may present at the hearing, will be taken into consideration by the Commission when it acts on the application. Please contact us at least three days in advance of the public hearing if'you intend to present testimony at that time.

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1721 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102-2391 .Phone: (717) 238-0423

• Fax: (717) 238-2436 website: http:/Avw-v.srbc.net ' e-mail: srbc@.srbe.net

Mr. Eric Joseph Epstein August 15, 2007 Finally, please also note that earlier this year the Commission adopted new regulations concerning administrative review. Pursuant to 18 CFR Part 808.2, any person aggrieved by any action or decision of the Commission may file an administrative appeal requesting a hearing, provided such request is filed within 30 days of such action or decision. Intervention in such hearing process is also provided for in the new regulation for interested parties other than the person initiating the administrative appeal.

If you have any other questions concerning the public hearing or administrative appeals procedures before the Commission, or wish to meet with Commission staff, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

Sincerely, O,

Paul 0. Swartz Exe ; irect cc: Listing Attached 28930.1

Mr. Eric Joseph Epstein August 15, 2007 cc:

Mr. Michael Brownell David Lewis, Esq.

Chief, Water Resources Management Division PPL c/o Pillsbury, Winthrop et al.

Susquehanna River Basin Commission 2300 N. Street, NW 1721 North Front Street Washington, DC 20037 Harrisburg, PA 17102-2391 Office of the Commission Ms. Cathy Curran Myers Appellate Adjudication Deputy Secretary for Water Management U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pa. Department of Environmental Protection Washington, DC 20555-0001 Rachel Carson State Office Building 16th Floor, P.O. Box 2063 G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chair Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063 Administrative Law Judge U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Paul E. Russell, Esq. Mail Stop T-3 F23 PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Washington, DC 20555-0001 Two North Ninth Street Allentown, PA 18101-1179 Dr. Richard F. Cole Administrative Law Judge Mr. James J. McNulty, Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Mail Stop T-3 F23 Commonwealth Keystone Building Washington, DC 20555-0001 400 North Street Harrisburg, PA 17120 Dr. Lester S. Rubenstein Administrative Law Judge Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 16th Floor One White Flint North Lawrence J. Chandler, Esq.

11555 Rockville Pike Office of the General Counsel Rockville, MD 20852 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 28930.1